1950S Metallic Golden Dragons Embroidered Red Chinese Opera KimonoRobe

Tagged a European size 38 with additional work room sample tags meaning this could be a runway or press sample and may not have been put into production. Also check out the coordinat...

1980S MICHAEL NOVARESE Black Haute Couture Silk Taffeta Duster Covered In Exceptional Embroidery & Beaded Gold Work

1950S Cream Silk Hand Painted Butterfly's With Metallic Thread Kimono

1960S Printed & Peach Silk Spring Festival Japanese Kimono

Orange, Green & Metallic Gold Floral Silk Kimono

1960S Silk Jacquard Orange & Black Floral Kimono

A rare and coveted Pleats Please by Issey Miyake dress from the collaboration with Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, Guest Artist Series No. 4, 1998. It can be worn as a dress or a jacket. The mind-boggling process of creating the design by sprinkling gunpowder onto the patterns and evoking a detonation is shown in the YouTube video above (an even more prolonged and more detailed version here). Asymmetrical cut, pleated throughout. Bat look shoulders and sleeves! 100% polyester. Made in Japan. A dress of this series is held by the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute archives. They state: "Miyake launched the Pleats Please Guest Artist Series in 1996. For the fourth collaboration in the series, Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang used gunpowder explosions to burn images of dragons, a Chinese symbol for life, onto a group of finished white garments. To produce the line, Miyake adjusted the images for printing on flat fabric before cutting, sewing, and pleating." Kerry Taylor...

A fabulous Bernetti 1960s 2 piece evening ensemble: Citrine silk opera coat and column dress with extravagant hand-sewn beadwork and rhinestone embroi...

This Valentino coat is constructed from pink cable ribbed wool cloth. It has a flattering swing cut and would be a wonderful option for evenings. Featuring a black cotton velvet sta...

Circa 1920/1940 England Beautiful evening cape or oriental Burnous in Duchesse silk satin black labelled Bradley 1870, Court Dressmaker, Chepstow Place, Bayswater, London W. Large ...

1960s Townley Evening Blue Silk Wrap Coat Dress. Perfect for cocktail party. Coat is lined in Green silk. Very elegant. Bust 33” / Waist 28”/ Hip 45” / Coat Length 55” / sleeve lengt...

90s Dolce Gabbana Herringbone wool coat lined in silk. fit size 4/6. Marked size 42 italian